U.S. Army Special Forces
Retired Green Beret Jerry Jenkins turned a woodworking hobby into Regiment Barrel Works, a veteran-owned business supporting the special operations community. His experience offers practical lessons on military transition, entrepreneurship, networking, charitable giving, and the importance of finding purpose after a career in uniform.
The last of this year’s UK Special Forces bi-annual “Exercise Chameleon” unfolded in August and September. It was a concentrated period of RAF tactical airlift, High-Altitude High-Opening (HAHO) parachute operations, and supporting ISTAR activity, centred on UK RAF bases, RAF Gibraltar and RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus.
This week’s SOF News Update covers the activation of SPACEFOR-SOC, evolving Army special operations missions, U.S. counternarcotics operations in Latin America, the Russia-Ukraine war, Iranian maritime threats, and significant security developments across Africa, the Middle East, and the Indo-Pacific region.
The 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) is standardizing the baseline training pathway, building readiness and enhancing combat lethality for the Special Forces Operational Detachment Alphas (SFOD-A or ODA).
A deadly ambush of Erik Prince’s Vectus Global contractors in eastern Congo highlights the growing role of private military companies in the conflict with M23 rebels. The incident raises questions about foreign security assistance, critical minerals, and regional instability.
September’s Drone Report examines developments in unmanned and autonomous systems, including a Special Forces drone competition, new Army robotics capabilities, lessons from Ukraine, maritime and undersea systems, artificial intelligence, counter-drone technology, and the growing proliferation of drones worldwide.
Washington spent most of two decades building a counterterrorism force in northern Somalia. A dispute between Mogadishu and Puntland took the Puntland Security Force (PSF) apart in two days.
The U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina documents the history and legacy of U.S. Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF).
On Sept. 11, 2001, New York Fire Department Fire Marshal (FDNY) Ronald P. Bucca gave his life while responding to the attacks on the World Trade Center. Bucca was a former Green Beret and was serving as operations chief of an MI detachment (New York).
A soldier from 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and the Canadian Special Forces Regiment received the First Special Service Force Association 2026 Frederick Award on August 22, 2026 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada at the FSSF Association annual reunion.
This week’s SOF News Update examines new USASOC leadership, expanded American special operations activity in the Philippines and Alaska, Iran-war MQ-9 losses, shifting security relationships with Oman and South Korea, the Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defense pact, Ukraine’s battlefield innovation, irregular warfare, intelligence, veterans, history, and upcoming events.
Historian Ben Powers interviews retired Army First Sergeant Christopher “Moon” Mullins about his forthcoming biography of Lieutenant General William P. Yarborough. Mullins discusses Yarborough’s wartime leadership, airborne innovations, institutional battles, and enduring role in shaping the identity, culture, and doctrine of Army Special Forces soldiers.
Why SOF modernization must include persistent support for correct execution after fielding By Woody Hurd On my first deployment to the Middle East with 5th Special Forces Group, I was tasked with setting up a notoriously complex tactical SATCOM node […]
Story by Staff Sgt. Austin Baker, 3rd SFG(A). If you listen to the briefings, you’d think international partnerships are only built around a formal table and greeting with formal handshakes. On the ground, in the dense heat of Côte d’Ivoire, […]
This week’s SOF News Update covers the NATO Summit in Turkey, renewed attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine’s campaign against Russian logistics, the resurgence of Somali piracy, emerging special operations technologies, and the latest developments affecting national security, intelligence, and irregular warfare worldwide.
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